Recent content by Jacklad

I don't know about that - if I'm going to dish out that much money, I at least want a souvenir. Besides, if I keep going back I can collect a complete set. ;) Jackie

That's a little specious. Males, even male children, are far less likely to report abuse (recent estimates are that less than 10% of boys will report abuse). There was a poll done by one of the "men's" magazines in the 70s or 80s that asked readers to relate their first sexual encounters. A...

I think you're looking for http://jscms.jrn.columbia.edu/cns/2006-02-28/jones-thousanddollaricecream. It's not as bad as it sounds; even though the sundae does cost $1k... "Once customers have savored the delicacy, they get to keep the golden spoon and $300 Baccarat Harcourt crystal goblet."...

I'm very interested in this story - the two Canadian women are from here in my home town, and they are just frantic. We're talking about medical students and soccer moms here, not streetwise at all. It seems that the Mexican authorities may be trying to pin it on them just because their room...

Oh, I'm not suggesting that tissue harvesting in wrong in any sense - but harvesting without permission, from people who have died with conditions that may compromise the safety of the tissues taken is beyond the pale. Bless the donors, absolutely - but a pox on these body-part thieves. :mad...

While I agree that this was a dangerous and unethical practice, tissue (unlike organs) can be harvested much later. That means skin, cartilage, tendons, arteries, corneas, bones (and in particular femurs - the largest and strongest bone in the body) can be safely harvested days after death...

As much as I would like to wave the patriotic flag, the difference isn't that we Canadians are any better prepared - the difference is in the type of mine. Potash is non-combustible, and dust it produces is nonflammable. The only fires possible in potash mining are those involving the...

Oh, I do - he's a big bear of a boy, and with a heart to match. Just no sense of balance at all. And I agree about the injuries that hospitalized her - but I think the article is badly written. I believe he was referring to previous injuries and why she wasn't removed then, not questioning...

Depends on what the previous injuries were - I can think back to my own kids, and number 2 son (turning 19 this week) was, and remains, exceedingly accident prone. He's never had a good sense of balance or body space, and the number of bruises and scrapes on that kid often had me worried that...

The link I posted was part of the general discussion prior to the original bill (C-3, The DNA Identification Act) being passed in 1997. That bill received a lot of negative attention due to not "grandfathering" crimes - so people like Olson and Bernardo, already convicted of their crimes, were...

Clifford Olsen. Actually, he's incarerated in Quebec, and committed his crimes in British Columbia. His DNA is registered, but what you're probably thinking of is the use of his case in arguments for a national DNA databank. He was used to illustrate that having a DNA registry would make...

Hi, daga - my first post, too. I wondered those things, but it doesn't say how long they had lived there. I thought that it may be that they moved there to be be close to her parents (she seems to have been very close to her mother, who discovered the situation). Especially if she were...